Envelop and letter-paper pad.



W. .l. KENNEDY.

ENVELOP AND LETTER PAPER PAD.

APPLiCATION FILED SEPT. 10, I917.

1,269,610. Patented'June 18, 1918.

Walzer J Kennedy U T A ES PAT N I WALTER J. KENNEDY, or New YORK, a. Y.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER J. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States,and residing at New York, in the county of New. York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelop andLetter-Paper Pads, of which the.

following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention relates to stationery material and particularly toenvelop and letter paper pads, and the object thereof is to provide anarticle of this class comblning number of letter paper sheets andenvelop sheets connected at one end in the manner of an ordinary pad,and from which a letter sheet and an envelop sheet may be detached foruse whenever necessary and in the use of which the letter is written onthe letter paper sheet which is then folded and placed on the envelopsheet, afterwhich the envelop sheet is folded and sealed so as toinclose the folded letter sheet and thus produce a complete folded andsealed letter which may be mailed in the usual manner.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedad;

p Fig. 2 a side view thereof;

Fig. 3 a plan view of one of the letter sheets detached from the pad;

Fig. 4: a similar view of one of the envelop sheets detached from thepad;

Fig. 5a view showing the method of folding the letter sheet and placingit on the envelop sheet preparatory to folding and sealing the letter;and,

Fig. 6 a back view of the envelop sealed with the letter therein.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in'the drawing, I provide apad a comprising, in the form of construction shown, a top portion 5composed of a plurality of letter sheets 5 one of which is shown 1n Fig.3, and a bottom or back portion 0 composed of a plurality of envelopsheets 0 one of which is shown in Fig. at, and the sheets 6 and 0 aresecured together at one endas shown at (Z in the manner of an ordinaryblank paper pad and in securing the ends of 'Spec'ification of LettersPatent. Patented J 1111618, 1918. Application filed se tenwer 10,1917.Serial No. 190,432.-'

the sheets 5 and 0 together at d a strip of fabric material may beemployed inthe usua l'manner. I In the useiof this. padfor writing aletter, the letter is written on the top letter sheet 6? which isdetached from the pad in,

the usual manner either before or after writing the letter, and thebottom or back envelop sheet '0 is then detached, and the a folding sideedge portion a, another folding side edge and sealing flap portion 0 andtwo end sealing flaps 0", and the edge portion of the part c is gummedas shown at 0 and the parts 0 are also gummed as shown at 0 After theletter is written and folded and placed on the envelop sheet as shown inFig. 5, the part c is folded over the letter, after which the parts 0are folded over and sealed to the part 0*, after which the sealing flapportion 0 is folded and sealed to the parts 0 and 0 as clearly shown inFig. 6, and this completes the writing, folding and sealing of theletter which may be mailed in the usual manner.

The number of letter sheets 6 or letter sheet blanks, may be the same asthe number of the envelop sheets 0 or the number of the letter sheetblanks may be greater than the number of the envelop sheet blanks, andmy invention is not limited in any way to the number of letter sheetblanks, or envelop sheet blanks. In practice the transverse dimensionsof the letter sheets or letter sheet blanks are made smaller than thecorresponding dimensions of the envelop sheets or blanks, as clearlyindicated in Figs. 1 and 5, in order to provide clearance, and to avoidfor travelers, tourists, soldiers and others,

in that correspondence material may be carried in compact form and at agreat saving of space, and at much less inconvenience than is possiblewhere such material is made up in the usual manner, or in the form ofseparate letter sheets and envelops already formed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An envelop and letter sheet pad, comprising a plurahty of lettersheets and a plurality of envelop sheets, the envelop sheets beingadapted to be folded transversely to form a transverse central bodyportion having at its opposite side edges main folding flaps, one ofwhich is a sealing flap, said central body portion being also providedat its transverse ends with supplemental sealing flaps and thetransverse dimensions of the letter sheets being less than thecorresponding dimensions of the envelop sheets minus said supplementalsealing flaps.

2. An envelop and letter sheet pad, comprising a plurality of lettersheets and aplurality of envelop sheets, said sheets being detachablyconnected at one end and the envelop sheets being adapted to be foldedtransversely to form a transverse central body portion having at itsopposite side edges main folding flaps one of which is a sealing flap,said central body portion being also provided at its transverse endswith supplemental sealing flaps and the transverse dimensions of theletter sheets being less than the corresponding dimensions of theenvelop sheets minus said supplemental sealing flaps.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 5th day of September1917.

WALTER J. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

